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Durante

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

Lat. During. A word of limitation in old conveyances. Co. Litt 234b.

— Durante absentia. During absence. In some jurisdictions, administration of a decedent's estate is said to be granted durante ab-sdntia in cases where the absence of the proper proponents of the will, or of an executor, delays or imperils the settlement of the estate.

— Durante bene placito. During good pleasure. The ancient tenure of English judges was durante bene placito. 1 Bl. Comm. 267, 342.

— Durante minore aetate. During minority. 2 Bl. Comm. 503; 5 Coke, 29, 30. Words taken from the old form of letters of administration. 5 Coke, ubi supra.

— Durante viduitate. During widowhood. 2 Bl. Comm. 124. Durante casta vidmtate, during chaste widowhood. 10 East, 520.

— Durante virginitate. During virginity, (so long as she remains unmarried.)

— Durante vita. During life.